Awful truth.Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Norwich, city, England Norwich (nôr`ĭj, –ĭch), city (1991 pop. 32,664) and district, county seat of Norfolk, E England, on the Wensum River just above its confluence with the Yare. , UK--A gang of children has been taking advantage of people's charitable nature by pocketing money after pretending it is for a good cause. The youngsters have been calling at homes in the Sheringham area claiming to be collecting money for the town skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, bmxers and aggressive skaters to ride and develop their sport and technique. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs, . But the committee of the skatepark, on Weybourne Road, Sheringham, says it has not authorised Adj. 1. authorised - endowed with authority authorized lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful the door-to-door visits and had no idea it was going on. "We haven't received any money from these children," said chairman Rob Sayles. The Strip, next to the Splash leisure complex, offers a place for youngsters to skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). safely. But finding funds to maintain and repair the wooden equipment is difficult, and the skatepark nearly had to shut last month before the town council stepped in to meet the 650 [pounds sterling] insurance bill. |
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